Some experts believe that Toxoplasmosis infects everyone, but only certain people experience symptoms if their immune system is not functioning properly.

What is Toxoplasmosis gondii?

Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite that causes a disease known as toxoplasmosis. It is found throughout the world, but cats are a common host for the disease. Actually, though cats are a host for Toxoplasma, many people catch the disease from food and water exposures. 

In the scientific research, toxoplasma protozoa have demonstrated the ability to manipulate the behavior of its hosts to create a more favorable situation for its own reproduction. The severity of the behavioral changes correspond to the number of Toxoplasma cysts. The number of Toxoplasma cysts indirectly indicate the level of brain inflammation in the host. 

Scientists have speculated that Toxoplasma protozoa are able to manipulate host behavior by altering the immune system, but in animal studies, rats develop more exploratory behavior when they’re infected with Toxoplasma gondii. Exploratory behavior is associated with dopamine levels in the brain, which are probably altered by the Toxoplasma protozoa as well. Nonetheless, scientists have shown that neurons can be remodeled by this parasite to cause hypomethylation of arginine vasopressin-related genes (arginine vasopressin is also known as Anti-Diuretic Hormone or Argipressin). Methylation issues can lead to various diseases including autism. Interestingly, organophosphate exposure and the resultant vitamin K2 deficiency can also cause methylation issues.

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Arginine vasopressin / antidiuretic hormone plays some important roles in the body. It increases how much water is reabsorbed back into the blood supply by the kidneys. And it also causes the arteries to constrict in order to increase peripheral vascular resistance, raising blood pressure levels. Vascular resistance can cause problems like high blood pressure, of course, but it also plays a role in diverting blood toward the digestive system to ensure that food is properly digested and absorbed. So the role of arginine vasopressin on vascular resistance is important in that this substance alters which organs are supplied with more or less blood. Studies have also shown that arginine vasopressin is released into the brain where it plays a role in social behavior, bonding in couples, sexual motivation / libido, as well as how mothers respond to stress. And finally, arginine vasopressin also induces differentiation of heart muscle cells to help promote a healthy heart. 

In those with a Toxoplasma gondii infection, arginine vasopressin is altered in the brain, which means that people with this disease can develop changes in the following:

• Social behavior

• Relationship behavior

• Sexual motivation and libido

• Maternal stress responses and behaviors.

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What Is Toxo Positive? Toxoplasmosis Exposure and Resistance

In humans, exposure to Toxoplasma gondii is frequent with exposure rates ranging between 30 to 35%. But while both exposure and infection to the disease is common, most of those who are actually infected with the disease don’t have symptoms because the immune system prevents the protozoa from actually causing illness.

This fact is vital to an understanding of how to cure this disease. One of the most important strategies that can help patients is to work hard to restore the immune system to health. Using Lugol’s iodine, vitamin B17, and enzyme therapies as supplements that can help the body’s immune system become strong again is a good place to start.

Those with a chronic infection that isn’t accompanied by symptoms are said to have latent toxoplasmosis. Those who have recurrent symptoms of toxoplasmosis are said to have chronic toxoplasmosis. While the popular notion has been that toxoplasmosis is rare in the United States and Europe, this conflicts with scientific research that says that toxoplasmosis infection is a global threat that, according to some seroprevalence studies, affects up to 100% of the population of the world. Indeed, seroprevalence in the United States specifically has been shown to include at least 25% of individuals. In Europe, the rate of infection ranges between 10-60% and in some regions it may be as high as 90%. 

Scientific studies indicate that eating habits and health practices impact whether or not Toxoplasma gondii infection takes hold and actually causes disease in a given individual, but our view is that immune system function is really the major player here. If the immune system is suppressed or not functioning properly due to toxic exposure to things like bromide / bromine or organophosphates, which are nearly ubiquitous in the United States and certain other developed countries in the world, people become vulnerable to this disease. 

Read more here about organophosphates and bromide-containing insecticides that make populations of certain countries vulnerable to diseases like Toxoplasmosis.

Toxoplasmosis, Low Immunity, and Autoimmune Infection

Those with weakened immunity may experience the full-blown version of a toxoplasmosis infection which can be fatal. So it’s important to work to raise and modulate immune system function in individuals who develop this disease. Stem cell transplantation and the immune suppression that goes along with this kind of procedure has been known to cause Toxoplasma gondii infection. Co-infection with HIV / AIDs can lead to serious, life-threatening illness. Anyone with a weakened immune system and/or a Toxoplasma gondii infection should read the article at AlivenHealthy.com by Dr. Metharem Haresh about how he cures HIV / AIDs using a substance known as Tetrasilver Tetroxide.

Anyone with a weakened immune system and/or a Toxoplasmosis infection should read this article by Dr. Metharem Haresh about how he cures HIV / AIDs using a substance known as Tetrasilver Tetroxide.

Toxoplasma gondii is a pathogen that is found in most humans but it doesn’t always cause a full-blown infection. The link between diminished immune system function and toxoplasmosis infection is noteworthy and important. If toxoplasmosis is only a problem in those who are immunocompromised, then we need to focus on building the immune system in order to cure this disease.

Also worth noting is the fact that autoimmunity and cancer are, according to the latest scientific research, two sides of the same coin. Most autoimmune diseases involve a specific cancer corollary. And most cancers are also associated with autoimmune disease. This cancer-autoimmunity connection is described using the word "paraneoplastic" and we expand in depth on how and why Lugol's iodine 2% can be used to treat both. Indeed, exposure to bromide-containing insecticides or organophosphates may be an important factor in determining who expresses symptoms of toxoplasmosis symptoms and who does not. 

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Even further down the rabbit hole is the idea that cancer is caused by a mycobacterium and so-called autoimmune diseases are not autoimmune at all, but rather the immune system’s attempts to overcome pathogens that are doing “molecular mimicry” of human tissues. For example, the mumps virus (and several other pathogens) have been implicated in the development of multiple sclerosis and demyelination diseases. Mumps vaccines are largely ineffective, but a significant number of people (about 40%) don’t ever show symptoms of mumps infection. Yet, even in those asymptomatic people, the mumps virus can remain latent in the body and take on the look and shape of myelin (molecular mimicry of human tissues) which causes the immune system to attack the myelin in an attempt to address the issue. Streptococcus pyogenes is another infectious pathogen that can make itself look like the myosin in muscle tissue. Coxsackievirus can make itself look like the actin in muscle tissue. The list goes on and on. 

In schizophrenic patients, there is a high correlation between Toxoplasma seropositivity and psychosis. Scientists have shown that T. gondii is able to mimic host brain proteins to produce an autoimmune-type of response in the body that can lead to symptoms of schizophrenia. Indeed, there Group A streptococcal infection and Toxoplasma gondii infection sometimes work together in the body to produce bizarre symptoms, both physical and emotional. Though schizophrenia is the most studied mental illness in regard to molecular mimicry of T. gondii, other mental health issues including dementia could certainly be impacted by the same disease process.

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Toxoplasmosis and Mental Illness

The Toxoplasmosis protozoa contains two enzymes that directly affect the production of dopamine and serotonin in the brain, two neurotransmitters that can cause different types of mental illness if they become imbalanced. In the scientific literature, Toxoplasmosis has some interesting associations with the following mental illnesses:

• Schizophrenia
• Bipolar Disorder
• Depression
• Learning Disabilities
• Anxiety
• Autism
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Anti-social Personality Disorder
• Panic Disorder
• Suicidal Behavior

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As we discussed in the previous section, Toxoplasma gondii has the ability to mimic human cells (this is called “molecular mimicry). This can set off an immune response that looks a bit like autoimmunity or mental illness depending on what tissues in the body are being mimicked. 

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It’s common for patients who have immune system disorders to be more prone to experiencing mental illness or mood disorders due to the Toxoplasma parasite living in the brain because the immune system is not able to keep the parasite in check. Patients with HIV / AIDs as well as patients with autoimmune disease are more likely to develop neurological issues related to toxoplasmosis. 

Given the facts regarding the prevalence of toxoplasmosis infection, one might wonder whether the problem is truly a toxoplasmosis infection or if the problem should be reframed into a problem of toxicity and/or low immunity due to toxins in the environment. Heavy metal exposure is definitely something to consider, for example. A number of major health issues like autism / ASD, autoimmune diseases, cancer, and dementia have been correlated with heavy metal toxicity. For heavy metal toxicity, EDTA chelation therapy is a vital treatment to consider.

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It’s significant to note that scientists have seen a number of instances where patients, for example, are diagnosed with a major mental disorder like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder when in fact, the patient has a treatable Toxoplasmosis gondiii infection. So Toxoplasmosis and schizophrenia might, at least in some cases, be the same disease. The same is true for Toxoplasmosis and bipolar disorder. And because lithium orotate can have such miraculous effects on most mental disorders, especially bipolar disorder, daily supplementation with lithium orotate is worth considering. As an alkalizing agent that can be used to do high pH therapy as a treatment for major diseases like cancer, lithium orotate may be able to reduce symptoms of Toxoplasmosis naturally while simultaneously giving the immune system a boost to cure Toxoplasma gondii. 

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Also worth noting is the fact that natural nicotine (synthetic sources of nicotine like the nicotine patch tends to stop working therapeutically after a short period of time) like Nicotiana rustica / Mapacho can be beneficial as a natural anti-toxoplasmosis treatment. Natural, wild-tobacco preparations like Hápe / Rápe or Ambil can be administered in tiny doses daily or twice daily to get rid of a toxoplasmosis infection. Studies have shown that cigarette smokers tend to be significantly less likely to have a toxoplasmosis infection, for example, which suggests that low-dose nicotine patches would also work to treat toxoplasmosis, but perhaps low, consistent doses of synthetic nicotine do not continue to work. In any case, our experience with clients has been that natural, wild tobacco / Mapacho / Nicotiana rustica administered as Ambil, Hápe / Rápe can be beneficial as a long-term treatment and preventative strategy for toxoplasmosis while the nicotine patch tends to stop working within a few weeks or months.

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We’ve also written about misdiagnosis of other types of parasite infection as they relate to ADHD as well as epilepsy. Specifically, children and adults with ADHD may have a pinworm infection, but studies have also shown that Toxoplasma infection can cause ADHD symptoms. Indeed, while doctors in Asian countries are mostly aware of the fact that epilepsy is misdiagnosed about 30% of the time and about ⅓ of patients who are diagnosed with epilepsy may spontaneously recover if the tapeworm cysts in the brain that are causing the disease suddenly die and leave the body, doctors in the U.S. still resist the idea that tapeworm cysts could cause a disease like epilepsy. New research, however, has shown that Toxoplasmosis is another common cause of seizures that can easily be misdiagnosed as epilepsy.  

In terms of mental illness, patients who have received a grim diagnosis should consider the high rates of misdiagnosis when deciding on an action plan for treatment. Below are some of the cures for toxoplasmosis that can be used by patients at home to see if they experience a lessening of mental health issues.

• Quinine / Cinchona officinalis Bark with Artemisia annua

• Andrographis paniculata

• Terminalia chebula / Haritaki

• Chlorine Dioxide Solution / Miracle Mineral Supplement

• Bob Beck protocol

Some experts believe that toxoplasmosis infection can trigger the development of mental illness while other experts believe that toxoplasmosis may be responsible for psychotic symptoms and other symptoms of mental illness. In other words, in some patients, symptoms of schizophrenia or other types of mental illness (depression, anxiety, etc.) may be directly caused by a toxoplasmosis infection. In other patients, toxoplasmosis may trigger the development of mental illness even though it isn’t directly responsible for the symptoms. Again, it seems that toxoplasmosis may be an infection that’s present in everyone’s body, but it may only affect those with weak immune systems or a high toxic load. 

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Ocular Toxoplasmosis

Toxoplasmosis is a common cause of uveitis and one of the most common causes of infectious posterior uveitis in people who are in normal, average health. The other common cause of uveitis in immunocompromised patients with HIV / AIDs is cytomegalovirus. 

The symptoms associated with ocular toxoplasmosis vary depending on the patient’s age, their location in the world, and the size and severity of retinochoroiditis. Symptoms of ocular toxoplasmosis include:

• Floaters

• Blurry vision

• Decreased visual acuity (indicating macular involvement)

• Vitreous inflammation of the eye

• Retinal blood vessel inflammation

• Active lesions in the eye

• Retinochoroidal Necrosis 

• Optic neuritis

As with neurological manifestations of toxoplasmosis, recurrent retinochoroiditis adjacent to a scar can be confused or misdiagnosed as serpiginous choroiditis. Necrotizing retinitis due to any of the following can also be misdiagnosed as toxoplasmic necrotizing retinitis:

• White Dot Syndromes

• Cytomegalovirus

• Herpes Zoster Virus

• Herpes Simplex Virus

• Septic Retinitis

• Tuberculosis

• Sarcoidosis

• Fungal Retinitis (caused by Candida or blastomycosis)

• Ocular Toxocariasis

• Syphilis

If you wish to cure ocular toxoplasmosis, learn more about the Bob Beck protocol. 

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